The state must die.
The state must die
Nathaniel Kelly
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Adam Mitchell
>falling for this anarcho-capitalist meme
capitalism is specifically designed to lead to concentration of wealth in the hands of the few. larger corporations benefit from economies of scale. so they can afford to under-cut ma and pa shops on prices. they can afford to pay their workers more.
Minimum wage laws and regulations can compound the problem even more for small businesses. That is not socialism though. This is social democracy.
socialism = worker or worker's republic state ownership of the means of production
social democracy = mixed economy. predominately private ownership of the means of production (capitalism) with state regulations like minimum wage, labour laws, regulations, etc. social democracy states might have some public ownership (ie. post office) but predominately private.
Levi Anderson
As a socialist, I am torn on the subject of minimum wage, labour laws, regulations, etc.
As a socialist, I believe the workers should own the means of production. Minimum wage, labour laws, regulations, etc. are just a band-aid "fix" for capitalism. Workers are still being exploited of their surplus labour value. If they were not, the corporation would go outta business. Extracting surplus labour value is absolutely mandatory in capitalism or else you are finished as a business.
People in the first world who are willing to work should be able to afford a decent minimum standard of living. And they should have a minimum guarantee of health and safety in the workplace. Stuff like that. So I can understand raising the minimum wage and having regulations.
However if minimum wage makes it harder for small businesses to keep people employed or they have to slash hours, there are unintended negative consequences that come with that. Is the government going to start subsidising struggling businesses in order to remain compliant with minimum wage and regulations? Maybe the government is going to start buying shares/points in struggling businesses in exchange for financial support?
If I were a socialist party politician or Bernie Sanders or something, I would actually consider the latter as a way to transition capitalism into socialism. If you have a struggling business that can't keep up with a decent minimum wage and can't meet regulations, I would have the government front you capital in exchange for ownership shares of your company. Hell if you let the company go outta business, the government can just pick up the pieces at a cut-rate and seize the means of production entirely.
Sometimes I wonder if Bernie Sanders and such are hiding their powerlevel and that's their end game all along. Raise the minimum wage and regulations in order to squeeze out small private businesses that can't hang. And then have the government jump in, seize means of production in bankruptcy
Luis Perez
>There are socialists on biz
>Biz yells scamcoin at BTC when it's in a bear market
This place is hopeless
Jacob Smith
reminder there hasn't been a capitalist country on earth since the establishment of the US Federal reserve
currency debasement is the cause of every problem in existence
Brandon Mitchell
Bureaucrats don't do any of what you are stating. They enforce the law, they don't make the law. Blame your politicians.
Andrew Thomas
>There are socialists on biz
A comrade gotsa eat. If you live in a capitalist society, you need to do capitalism to the best of your ability to survive. Or else what the hell you doing? You expect socialists to just voluntarily starve?
Lucas Torres
I have an idea
Total anarchy
No ancap
Just let people do whatever and go back to tribes
Connor Ross
Parker Ortiz
Youre fucking retarded. Its not capitalism thats the problem, its the bureaucracy embeded in todays capitalism. The problem is that happens with every system of government thats ever existed in the history of man. Look at the CPI over the past 100+ years in America. You can clearly see WHERE the problems arose. Capitalism isnt perfected, but its by far the best system weve figured out (ie takes the longest to reach genocidal corrupt government levels). I bet youd share your wife with your community you pathetic faggot